Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 12 Zhu Yuanzhang was scared. Chu Nan's evil plan did not distinguish between friend and foe, but was aimed at a situation where both sides would perish.

Before Chu Nan provided Zhu Yuanzhang with a plan to combat corruption, he had of course considered how Zhu Yuanzhang could distinguish between corrupt officials and honest officials.

He believed that Zhu Yuanzhang could take this into consideration. After all, the Ming Dynasty was a famous spy empire in history.

The Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Xichang, and Neihangchang were all secret agencies spread across the country. At their peak, the total number of these spies reached more than 200,000.

So as long as these spies are obedient, is there any secret in the entire Ming Dynasty that the emperor doesn't know?

But Chu Nan did have some shortcomings in his consideration. He forgot that it was only the third year of Hongwu and the Jinyiwei was not established until the thirteenth year of Hongwu.

What he didn't expect was that the current Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even seem to have a preliminary idea about the Jinyiwei.

It seems that there is no other way. The establishment of this organization can only be promoted by him. Unknowingly, he has influenced so many historical events. Chu Nan almost laughs when he thinks about it.

"What!" But at this time, the princes were already shocked.

The intelligence agencies of the Ming Dynasty, or the intelligence agencies of all dynasties, are like sharp blades, but aren’t they all used to deal with enemies?

How come it became a knife to be used against his own people here in Chu Nan's place!
Chu Nan is so vicious. First he let the emperor frame the ministers, and now he directly set up an organization to deal with his own people!

His evil plan was to target his own people!
After listening to Chu Nan's words, Zhu Di thought about it deeply and felt that this intelligence agency was indeed good and could spy on so many secrets.

Then he actually looked at Chu Nan and laughed: "Master Chu, what postures did those officials use, and how long did it take? Do intelligence agencies really go into detail?"

"What!" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard Zhu Di's words.

He was originally shocked by Chu Nan's words, because although Chu Nan's method was very immoral, it was not what a benevolent monarch would do, because a benevolent monarch must trust his ministers, that is, the monarch knows his ministers, and the ministers know the monarch.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was not a benevolent monarch, so he was really interested in this method.

When he saw Zhu Di was about to speak, he thought that his good-for-nothing son was about to express some enlightenment, but he didn't expect that he had such evil intentions.

"How dare you!" He immediately slapped Zhu Di on the head.

"Is this the point of the question? You are only eleven years old. Who did you learn these things from? Did your teacher teach you?"

"Fortunately, your elder brother is capable. If you were the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you would definitely be a person like Qin Ershi!"

"I dare not, I dare not." Zhu Di was stunned by the powerful slap and dared not speak nonsense.

"Is this organization really feasible?" At this time, Liu Bowen spoke.

"After this agency is established, will the ministers still have any secrets? This intelligence agency should be used to deal with the enemy, how can it be used against its own people?"

Liu Bowen was really speechless. He had naively thought that Chu Nan’s method would not hurt him.

Now it seems that Chu Nan's evil plan does not distinguish between friend and foe at all, and aims to end the relationship together.

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures." Chu Nan shook his head when he heard Liu Bowen's words.

"Besides, who stipulated that the establishment of intelligence agencies must only be used to deal with enemies? And who said that the ministers under your majesty must be your own people, not enemies?"

When Chu Nan said this, his expression unexpectedly turned serious.

"Those officials appear to be kind and honest, but they are actually ambitious and have formed cliques for personal gain, oppressing the people and causing them to become homeless and separated from their wives and children. Are they our own people?"

"Since we can't tell who is a corrupt official and who is an honest official, then there is no distinction and we can just monitor them all."

"This way, no corrupt official will be able to escape, and those who truly serve the country and the people will understand and be willing to sacrifice for it after knowing this."

"It seems to make sense." Although the princes were young, they were not stupid. After hearing Chu Nan's words, they all fell silent. There was no perfect strategy. How could one respect officials and obtain their intelligence at the same time?

It is better to stop being human and monitor people indiscriminately. This way, we will not let a corrupt official go and will not blame a good official.

"This..." Liu Bowen was speechless after hearing what Chu Nan said, because Chu Nan's idea did make sense.

But this method is too unethical.

There is really no secret at all. Chu Nan's strategy is to attack indiscriminately without distinguishing between friend or foe.

However, the one who was thinking the most at this moment was Zhu Yuanzhang, because he was the final decision maker on whether this plan would be implemented.

But there is no need to think too much. Who is he? Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of hundreds of thousands of Jinyiwei in the future, who now also has an intelligence agency. Would he disagree with this plan?

"Hahahaha!" After making the decision, Zhu Yuanzhang just laughed.

"Great! It's Chu Nan who came up with such a good plan. Now the loopholes in the plan to fight corruption and the plan to govern honest officials have been fixed."

Zhu Yuanzhang was determined to set up a large-scale secret service agency, even one with hundreds of thousands of people!
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise." After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's praise, Chu Nan also hurried to express his gratitude.

Now in the third year of Hongwu, there will be the Jinyiwei, and I have truly become a driving force of history.

"Wait." But just as Chu Nan finished his thanks, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered something and his face became serious.

"Chu Nan, but how can your intelligence agency access the core secrets of these officials? If you can't access the core, you don't know his secrets."

"Yes." The princes frowned when they heard it.

"Your intelligence officer is probably just a small soldier, a janitor, serving tea and water. What can he find out?"

In this case, Chu Nan’s plan still doesn’t work. It sounds good in theory, but there are all kinds of problems in its implementation. It’s like talking about war on paper.

"Who said that intelligence personnel must be low-level personnel?" But after hearing what they said, Chu Nan shook his head.

"Thinking cannot be rigidified. Intelligence personnel are not necessarily at the bottom. Can't they be the steward or confidant of a minister?"

"Can't you just be an official, then infiltrate a certain group and become a core member?"

"In this way, we can spy on more secrets, or even more than just secrets. For example, if Your Majesty wants a corrupt official to embezzle, you can let the intelligence officer instigate him to embezzle."

"In fact, intelligence personnel are not necessarily men." Chu Nan said with a sly smile.

"Couldn't this intelligence officer be a woman? And become the official's beloved wife, or concubine?"

"If that's the case? Then what secrets can these officials have in front of His Majesty?"

"After all, these officials would never have dreamed that their beloved ones were actually His Majesty's people. Even when their beloved ones revealed their identities, these corrupt officials would not believe it."

Thinking of this, Chu Nan started laughing. Compared to male undercover agents, female beauty traps were truly pervasive and terrifying.

Just as Gao Yuliang said seriously, there is love between Xiao Gao and I, this kind of love you will probably never understand, she understands it so well in the fifteenth year of Wanli.

Lu Bu would never have thought that Diao Chan's love and loyalty to him were only meant to stir up conflict between him and Dong Zhuo.

Big Bad Wolf would never have thought that Red Wolf was actually an undercover agent in the Sheep Village. Her real name was Red Sheep and she liked to eat grass. The reason Big Bad Wolf couldn't eat the sheep was that Red Wolf had secretly let them go.

(End of this chapter)